Charge and membrane curvature induced transitions in biomolecular systems: from actin bundles to cell-penetrating peptides to Bcl-2 cell death regulation in the mitochondria

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Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Physics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2012

Author dc:creator

• Lai, Ghee Hwee

Contributors dc:contributor

• Wong, Gerard C.L.
• Schweizer, Kenneth S.
• Leckband, Deborah E.

• Actin bundling
• Cell-penetrating peptides
• transactivator of transcription protein transduction domain from HIV-1 (TAT)
• negative Gaussian membrane curvature
• Membrane-mediated interactions
• Bcl-2 apoptotic proteins
• bcl-2-like protein 4 (Bax, Bcl-xL)

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2011 Ghee Hwee Lai

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/29442

OAI record oai:identifier

https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=etdms&identifier=oai%3Awww.ideals.illinois.edu%3A2142%2F29442